I agree with this 100%. I understand that a good number of these people actually need help but if we keep passing out checks then something else is going to suffer and then money has to be moved from something else that will suffer and the vicious cycle will continue.

It's so frustrating that after sending our country into billions of debt and 2 incredibly expensive wars, the Republicans have finally decided to be fiscally conservative.

As I posted in the D&R Random thread, my ex has solved his unemployment problem. He's moving in with his girlfriend. My daughter is good with that, my son doesn't know yet but really dislikes this woman so this will be interesting. I have a feeling my son will be living with me full time very soon.

The filibuster was broken and this should pass. On the local news story about it this morning, they said that there is only 1 job available for every 5 people who are unemployed making it impossible for 4 out of 5 people to obtain a job right now. This statistic is not on their web site yet and I'm not sure whether that was a local statistic for Michigan or nationwide. If I can find more details on that statistic, I will share it.